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THE TRENDCAM
In August 1995 Trend won a £45,000 DTI Smart (Small Firms Merit Award For Research and Technology) Award for its invention ‘TRENDCAM’, a quick and easy method of connecting electrical conductors which can be adapted to suit a full range of cables. Apart from speed and ease of its application ‘TRENDCAM’ obviates the need for complex compression or percussion tooling, torque wrench settings and shear head bolts. This would be a big selling factor in the Middle East, China and Third World Countries. The Company is working with Liverpool John Moores University to establish best design and application for the product. Marc Mc Cardle a third year design student at LJMU has fulfilled a valuable role in the development of the ‘TRENCAM’ connector and helped to bring the launch date forward to early 1998. All intellectual property rights relating to ‘TRENDCAM’ belong to Trend Installation Tooling Limited The DTI initiated a patent search and the Company has filed a patent application.